Zofran?

Amy

Anyone else on this for hyperemesis/morning sickness? Were you hesitant as it’s still pretty unknown to have any side effects on baby?

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Ke

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My doctor said Zofran isn’t safe, and I was taking it weekly with my chronic illness before. Now I take B6/ CVS nighttime sleep aid and haven’t had as much nausea.

Ha

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No but I took it all my last 3 pregnancies. They are all healthy

Ja

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I started taking 4mg of Zofran in the mornings at 10 weeks. Occasionally I would have to take it twice a day when I was really bad. I lost 10lbs in my first trimester! I’m now 14 weeks and am still taking it once per day first thing in the mornings. I’m finally gaining some weight back.

Au

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Zofran has been a life saver! I’m 15 weeks and still throw up about 2-3 times a week even with the pill. Before it was way worse. My doctor said it’s completely fine taking it after 6 weeks. I tried the b6 before and it did nothing. I probably couldn’t work without.

Je

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The first month I had to take zofran religiously, now it’s every once in a while. I also do the b6/unisom route.

As

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I do not have HG, and I had minimal nausea this second pregnancy. However, if I needed to take something for nausea and vomiting it would not be Zofran, I’d go the B6 and Unisom route. That’s just my own personal opinion since It is a drug approved by the FDA for treatment of nausea/vomiting associated with chemotherapy, surgeries, etc.. not for pregnant woman. However, I don’t believe there are any proven studies that it causes any defects like I’ve seen rumored it does, like you said it’s unknown. With that said, I know it works wonders bc I have taken it when I had extreme nausea after surgery and if it works wonders during pregnancy then I say take it so you can have relief from nausea and vomiting!

As

As • Jan 21, 2019
Then def take it. I got sick with the flu this pregnancy and I was SO scare to take the tamiflu, the pamphlet specifically states basically that there are no human studies on it but in animal studies it showed major skeletal defects. I was so scared to take it but I knew if I didn’t, it would have been a WHOLE lot worse. When the benefits outweigh the risk, def do it/take the medicine. Sorry you’re feeling like this, hope it goes away for you and doesn’t last the whole pregnancy!

Am

Amy • Jan 21, 2019
This is my last resort! I’ve tried all other things as well as lots of different meds so this is the last resort for me. Can’t eat/drink so doctor have really said I need to or me/baby will suffer, otherwise I wouldn’t have considered it!

AL

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Zofran was a lifesaver my first pregnancy. The unisom/B6 combo did nothing for me. Good luck.

Sj

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I took it in my last pregnancy for a week but stopped because it didn’t work at all. It was totally useless for me. This pregnancy I took degan, and I know they have it in the US it just goes by a different name I think. It was about 40% effective which is amazing. I don’t need it anymore but try the zofran, if it doesnt work there are many other brands that might be better for you!

Jo

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Hate meds I stopped and suffered a while and finally just stopped eat and drinking bc it triggers it I eat gram crackers grapes and strawberries he loves burgers but I'm broke so I starve can't drink anything bc I'll pee my life away from one sip starving losing weight and suffering Hg 😑 I'll probably end up living in the hospital my last few months bc it's no way to help my son meds barely work

Ki

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I’m on it and it works wonders for me as I throw up every morning until I take a pill.